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The slain shall fall in the midst of you, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
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Judgment as Revelation
Commentators agree that the severe judgment described is not pointless destruction. Its primary purpose is to force the people of Israel to recognize God's true identity. Through this harsh experience, they would be compelled to acknowledge that He is Jehovah, the one true God, whose prophetic warnings they had ignored.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The force of the words is, When the slain shall fall in the midst of you, then at last ye shall know that I am the Lord. So in Ezekiel 6:1…
19th Century
Anglican
And you shall know. —As this prophecy began in Ezekiel 6:2 with an address to the mountains, many consider that, by a strong poeti…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet adds a small clause to his former threats, namely, that God would so consume the whole people with slaughter that they would be co…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the slain shall fall in the midst of you The word for slain is in the singular number, which perhaps is put for …
